Farrell v. City of Dubuque
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Gourt.— Hon. M. C. Matthews, Judge. Action to recover ' damages for injuries received tbrougb the alleged negligence of defendant in allowing an unsafe structure to be constructed and remain in the stree! of defendant city. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,500.- From judgment on this verdict, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
1- otXAwi?nesses. I. Plaintiff'was examined as a witness on her own behalf, and on cross-examination defendant was allowed over objection to bring out the-fact that she had lived in various houses subsequently 1° ker marriage and prior to the injury. This evidence was admitted, as appears from'a remark of the court, for the purpose of affecting her credibility. On redirect examination she was- asked, as to each house_which she had thus occupied, whether she had paid her rent, and over defendant’s objection was allowed to answer that she had. ' The defendant, having gone into this general…
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